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ほんの
わず
僅
か
の
ひと
人
しか
かれ
彼
の
はなし
話
を
き
聞
かなかった
。
Only a few people listened to him.
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Words
Most common form: ほんのわずか
expression, noun, 'na' adjective, 'no' adjective
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit  (often written with kana only)
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ひ と 0
noun
1. man; person
2. human being; mankind; people
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particle
only; nothing but  (used with neg. verb)
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か れ 1
pronoun
1. he; him
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は な し 3
Most common form: 話し
noun
1. talk; speech; chat; story; conversation
2. discussions; negotiation; argument
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き く 0
'ku' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to hear
2. to listen (e.g. to music)  (usu. 聴く)
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Kanji
僅
キン   わずか very little   
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堇
キン   すみれ violet   
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主
シュ   ス   master   ぬし landlord   おも main   
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王
オウ    king   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
土
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
丶
dot   
艹
grass   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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彳
step
皮
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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丨
stick   
厂
cliff
又
また again   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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舌
ゼツ   した tongue   
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千
セン   1000; thousand   ち 1000   
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ノ
katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
十
ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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聞
ブン   モン   きく to listen, to hear   きこえる to be heard   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
門
モン   かど gate   
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